Student wins cash and scholarship for her essay Anne Mertens, a home study student from Natchitoches, is the winner of the 2013 Northwestern State University Louisiana High School Essay Contest. Mertens won the honor for her essay “A New Life.” ...

LSMSA students to serve as council membersNatchitoches– Five students will serve as council members of the Future Scientist Program at the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts. Katherine Prutz, a senior from Baton Rouge, will se...

Festival royalty crowned at pageantMiss Merry Christmas was crowned and the Natchitoches Christmas Belles were announced at a pageant held Sunday, Sept. 15. Nineteen young ladies from three Natchitoches parish high schools competed ...

Retirement feted with celebration, EmeritaDr. Norann Planchock, who served as Dean of Northwestern State University’s College of Nursing and Allied Health, was feted by friends, family, colleagues and former students with two retirement ce...